Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kotëi

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From *kota +‎ *-i.

Noun

*kotëi (Northern Finnic)

1. home
2. house

Inflection

Inflection of *kotëi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kotëi	*kodëit
accusative		*kodëin	*kodëit
genitive		*kodëin	*kotëidën *kotëidën
partitive		*kotëida	*kotëida
inessive		*kodëissa *kodëihna	*kodëissa *kodëihna
elative		*kodëista	*kodëista
illative		*kotëihën	*kotëihën
adessive		*kodëilla	*kodëilla
ablative		*kodëilta	*kodëilta
allative		*kotëilën *kotëilëk	*kotëilën *kotëilëk
essive		*kotëina	*kotëina
translative		*kodëiksi	*kodëiksi
instructive		*kodëin	*kodëin
comitative		*kotëinëk	*kotëinëk
abessive		*kodëitta	*kodëitta

Descendants

• Finnish: koti
• Ingrian: koti
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: koti
  • South Karelian: kodi
• Livvi: kodi
• Ludian: kodi
• Veps: kodi

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “koti”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN